Real Estate and Development in the Northern Rockies

Plum Creek CEO, Top Economists to Keynote New West Conference

By Jonathan Weber, 7-29-08

NewWest.Net’s third annual Real Estate and Development in the Northern Rockies conference is coming up on Oct. 23-24, and it promises to host an invaluable conversation for anyone involved in development and land use in the region. 

We’re delighted to announce that Rick Holley, CEO of Plum Creek Timber, will join us as a keynote speaker, offering insight into the long-term plans of the nation’s (and Montana’s) largest private landowner. We’re also very pleased to announce that Christopher Thornberg of Beacon Economics will once again offer his highly engaging and, based on past performance, eerily accurate analysis of the regional real estate market. His talk will be followed by a discussion featuring three top regional economists: Larry Swanson of the Center for the Rocky Mountain West, David Eacret of North Idaho Real Estate Economics, and Toby Madden of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

We’ll also have sessions focused on transportation, agriculture and open space, and the issues confronting developers in a slowing market, among other topics. This year we’re also offering an expanded program of pre-conference seminars, with continuing education credit available for real estate agents, attorneys, planners and architects. And we’ll soon be announcing some additional top-notch speakers.

Those of you who have attended Real Estate and Development in the Northern Rockies in the past know that we work very hard to make the program and the overall conference experience as valuable and enjoyable as possible. This year’s event promises to be the biggest and best yet: good information, good contacts, and good market intelligence are more important than ever in slow times, and we can promise you’ll gain all three of those things at Real Estate and Development in the Northern Rockies. For all the details on the event, visit the conference Web site at www.newwest.net/realestate08, or click here to go straight to the registration site.

We’re very happy to welcome the Missoula Organization of REALTORS®, Farmers State Bank, Morrison Maierle and WGM Group as our initial sponsors. For information on sponsorships or any other questions, please contact or call 406-829-1725. We look forward to seeing you in October! 

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